On the evening of January 13 and the next morning, Beijing time, the first matchday of the second round of the Snooker Masters ended with the showdown. Seven-time champion O'Sullivan lost 4-6 to Robertson and was eliminated. Mark Williams beat Squicks 6-5 to advance to the third round. Higgins and Mark Williams have played each other 64 times before and are an uncompromising pair of "old enemies", both of whom belong to the "75 Three Masters", higgins has the advantage with a record of 36 wins.
At the beginning of the game, Higgins blasted a single shot of 126 points to take a 1-0 lead in the first set. In the second set, Mark Williams took the lead in organizing the attack, but only scored 16 points before making a mistake, Higgins also made a mistake after getting started, and the two began a defensive battle, and in the end Higgins won slightly, winning another set 64-54 and leading 2-0.
In the third set, Mark Williams took the bench and fired a single shot with 116 points to return the game, 116-6 to win back a set. In the fourth set, both sides slowed down, you and I did not have any good chance to score consecutive points, and after several fights Mark Williams had a slight advantage, and finally won the fourth set 59-34, and the score came to 2-2.
After a short break, in the fifth set, both sides still did not feel good, and each side had its own mistakes. Mark Williams played on the sidelines, hitting the fifth set 92-31 and coming back 3-2. In the sixth set, the two sides were still feeling bad and the number of mistakes increased, and in this set Higgins won the advantage in the fight, winning the sixth set 90-27, and the two sides were tied 3-3.
In the seventh inning, Mark Williams' feel began to warm up, and he won the seventh set with a single shot of 66 points, 99-7, leading again. In the eighth set, Higgins also found his form, one shot 127 points, clean sheet Mark Williams, strong to pull the score to 4-4 draw.
In the ninth inning, Higgins took the lead in organizing the attack, and after scoring 43 points, he made a mistake, and he dropped a red ball when he passed the black ball K red ball pile, and the ball shape on the field was very simple, which was a fatal blow for Higgins. Sure enough, Mark Williams scored a single 78 points to win the ninth inning 85-43 and take the lead to match point 5-4.
In the ninth inning with a slight regret, in the tenth, Higgins held his cool and fought with his backs, shooting 61 points in one shot and keeping a 75-0 clean sheet Mark Williams to take the match to a 5-5 tiebreaker double point. In the decider, Mark Williams scored 91 points to keep a clean sheet on Higgins, neatly completing the match and advancing to the third round 6-5. Higgins was sorry to be out.
In another slightly earlier match, seven-time champion O'Sullivan played Robertson and unfortunately lost 4-6 to Robertson. Robertson took a 2-0 lead with 119 points and 56 points in the opening two games, and O'Sullivan equalized with 66 points in the 3rd and 4th sets. Robertson won by 50 points in the fifth set and O'Sullivan scored 102 in the sixth set to contribute to the Masters' 80th individual break. Robertson scored 130 points in the seventh inning and O'Sullivan scored 68 points in the eighth, and the two sides drew again. Robertson won 92-0 in the ninth set and took the lead to match point 5-4. In the tenth inning, Robertson scored 54 points to end the game 82-6 and knock out seven-time champion O'Sullivan 6-4.